Author Guidelines

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Guide for Authors
Ten sections · read before preparing your submission
 
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Introduction & scope

Premiere Educandum is a platform for the publication of advanced scientific research in the areas of learning, instruction, and teaching. The journal welcomes original empirical investigations across the full spectrum of established methodologies, from laboratory experiments to field observations, and across any age level — from infants to adults — and any learning or instructional setting, from classroom to informal learning.

For manuscripts with an innovative or weighty methodology section, supplementary online material outlining the methodology is welcome (e.g., equations, data-treatment, syntax code, example data). The major criterion in review and selection is the significance of the contribution to the field of learning and instruction.

Out of scope for this journal
  • Pure method studies (e.g., instrument validation) — better suited to specialized methods journals.
  • Studies that rely overly on self-report measures.
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Rigor of studies
Empirical research

State the extent to which the study is representative of a particular population, and the hierarchical structure of the data (e.g., time-points nested in students, nested in schools), with an explicit account of how that structure was addressed in the analysis. Prior publications based on the same project and/or data — especially those using the same or similar measures — must be acknowledged, and the unique contribution of the present manuscript stated explicitly. Supplementary materials covering data-quality control, alternative models, and explicit formulas are welcome.

Experimental designs

Report effect sizes from previous studies to support an a priori power calculation (or simulation) for your design. Statements of implementation fidelity and treatment must be explicit, and findings should be shown not to be driven by extreme cases or outliers.

Qualitative studies

Outline sufficiently specific procedural detail to allow reviewers to judge whether standards for validity and reliability are met, using consistent, literature-grounded vocabulary. Procedures such as inter-observer reliability, triangulation, and audit trails must be transparent and well grounded.

Note

Overly descriptive qualitative studies are typically not accepted.

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Submission & checklist

Submission is entirely electronic, through the journal's OJS portal: journal-fkip.unipma.ac.id/pe/login, which guides authors step-by-step through the submission process. The Publisher and Editor are unable to consider submissions that do not follow this procedure.

Before you submit, confirm
✓ One corresponding author is designated, with a current e-mail address.
✓ All files are uploaded: manuscript (with keywords), figures with captions, tables with titles/descriptions.
Figure and table citations in the text match the files provided.
Color requirements for print figures are indicated clearly.
✓ Graphical abstract / highlights files included, where applicable.
✓ Supplemental files included, where applicable.
✓ Manuscript has been spell-checked and grammar-checked.
✓ Every reference in the list is cited in text, and vice versa.
Note on language

Submissions do not go through language-focused copy editing by the journal, before or after acceptance — that responsibility sits with the authors prior to submission. American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of the two.

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Changes to authorship

Authors should settle the definitive list and order of authors before original submission. Any addition, deletion, or rearrangement after that point requires Editor approval, and must only occur before acceptance except in exceptional circumstances. To request a change, the corresponding author must provide the Editor with:

  • The reason for the change, and
  • Written confirmation from all authors — including any author being added or removed — that they agree.

Publication is suspended while the Editor considers such a request. If the article has already appeared in an online issue, an approved change results in a corrigendum.

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Desk reject policy

The editorial team applies a desk-review filter so that papers misaligned with the journal's aims, or missing essential information, do not enter the formal review process. This protects reviewers from papers that would likely be rejected regardless, and spares authors the typical three-month wait for an outcome that could have been clear from the start. A desk reject is returned without reviewer comments and is not sent out for review.

Desk reject — typical triggers
  • Focus on instrument construction, validation, or research methodology rather than learning and instruction itself.
  • Investigate a local, practical issue without embedding it in a theoretical or more global perspective.
  • Rely only on self-reports or questionnaires.
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Section-by-section requirements
Literature review
Required Cover all relevant concepts/constructs in your research questions, relate them to the extant literature, and show how the study builds on the current knowledge base.
Advised Report effect sizes per study rather than writing "these studies reported significant results"; provide sufficient detail for each study cited, and a graphical model of the relations between variables where applicable.
Participants
Required A rationale for recruitment and selection, with an argument for sample-size sufficiency — for relatively small samples, ideally grounded in an a priori power calculation.
Research design
Advised A classic experimental design with no control group or pretest is generally vulnerable; if used, explain the alternative means of control and contrast you implemented.
Statistics
Required Nested data should always be analyzed with multilevel methods — otherwise, justify the validity of the alternative used. Interdependencies among dependent variables reported in the Results must be stated.
Results
Advised Visual support for models or relations between variables, especially for mediation or moderation.
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Article structure
Title Straightforward, informative, and representative of the article's contents.
Abstract Max. 250 words; states purpose, principal results, and major conclusions. Must stand alone — avoid references and non-standard abbreviations, or define any that are essential.
Keywords 3–7 keywords; searchable and representative of the research intent.
Introduction Establishes importance, state of the art, gap analysis, and novel concepts filling the gap; ends with the study's purpose.
Method Clear and replicable — how objectives are achieved, with tools, procedures, and stages.
Results Presented in clear, readable tables and figures.
Discussion A meaningful dialogue with prior research, not a restatement of results.
Conclusion Summarizes the most important findings in relation to the stated objectives.
References APA (6th ed.); at least 20 references, ~80% from primary sources, mostly within the last 10 years.
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Title page & extras
Essential title page information
  • Given name(s) and family name(s) for every author, accurately spelled, with affiliation addresses where the work was actually done.
  • A clearly indicated corresponding author, responsible for correspondence through refereeing, publication, and post-publication queries — with an e-mail address kept up to date.
Graphical abstract

Minimum image size 531 × 1328 px (h × w), or proportionally larger — readable at 5 × 13 cm at 96 dpi.

Abbreviations

Define non-standard abbreviations; any used unavoidably in the abstract must be defined at first mention there, and used consistently throughout.

Acknowledgements

Collate in a separate section before the references — not on the title page or as a footnote. List individuals who provided language help, writing assistance, or proofreading.

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Tables
  • Submit as editable text, never as images.
  • Place next to the relevant text, or together at the end of the manuscript.
  • Number consecutively in order of appearance; place notes below the table body.
  • Use tables sparingly, and avoid duplicating results described elsewhere in the article.
  • Avoid vertical rules and cell shading.
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References & citation style

Every in-text citation must appear in the reference list, and vice versa — references cited in the abstract must be given in full there. Personal communications and unpublished results are best mentioned only in text; if listed, substitute the date with "Unpublished results" or "Personal communication." "In press" implies the item has already been accepted.

Web & data references

For web references, give the full URL and date last accessed, plus any further detail available (DOI, authors, dates). For datasets, cite in text and in the reference list with author(s), dataset title, repository, version, year, and a global persistent identifier — prefixed with [dataset] (removed at publication).

Reference style — text

In-text citations follow APA style. The reference list is sorted alphabetically, then chronologically; multiple works by the same author(s) in the same year are distinguished with "a," "b," "c," etc.

Examples
Journal article
Keller, T. E., Cusick, G. R., & Courtney, M. E. (2015). Approaching the transition to adulthood: Distinctive profiles of adolescents aging out of the child welfare system. Social Services Review, 81(1), 453–484.
Book
Alexie, S. (2019). The business of fancydancing: Stories and poems. Hang Loose Press.
Chapter in an edited book
Mettam, G. R., & Adams, L. B. (2009). How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In B. S. Jones & R. Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the electronic age (pp. 281–304). E-Publishing Inc.
Dataset
[dataset] Oguro, M., Imahiro, S., Saito, S., & Nakashizuka, T. (2015). Mortality data for Japanese oak wilt disease and surrounding forest compositions. Mendeley Data, v1. https://doi.org/10.17632/xwj98nb39r.1
Conference paper / poster
Engle, E. K., Cash, T. F., & Jarry, J. L. (2009, November). The Body Image Behaviours Inventory-3: Development and validation. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY.
Software
Coon, E., Berndt, M., Jan, A., et al. (2020, March 25). Advanced Terrestrial Simulator (ATS) v0.88 (Version 0.88). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3727209

Reference templates for CSL-compatible managers (e.g., Mendeley) are available on request from the editorial office.

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